The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn’t forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.
SHAMS TABRIZIInstead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think ‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?
SHAMS TABRIZIBe grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.
SHAMS TABRIZIWe can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions.
SHAMS TABRIZIYou can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.
SHAMS TABRIZIThere may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much.
SHAMS TABRIZIIntellect takes you to the door, but it doesn’t take you into the house.
SHAMS TABRIZIThere are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.
SHAMS TABRIZIA good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe whole universe is sum up in the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice inside. Look for Your Devil in Yourself, not in the Others. Don’t forget that the one who knows his Devil, knows his God.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhen you oppose the shaykh, it’s like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. ‘Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?’ He says, ‘So my master will suffer loss.’
SHAMS TABRIZIIf you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don’t say anything bad. Don’t be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.
SHAMS TABRIZIYou can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.
SHAMS TABRIZIIt is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
SHAMS TABRIZIWherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world.
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